* FAILED: patch "[PATCH] audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree
@ 2026-07-16 11:37 gregkh
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] VFS/audit: introduce kern_path_parent() for audit Sasha Levin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: gregkh @ 2026-07-16 11:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: rrobaina, longman, nathan, paul, rgb; +Cc: stable
The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 81905b5acbe77284734438df3fbec1158e6429a3
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026071653-tartly-scoundrel-d2b3@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' 'HEAD^..'
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 81905b5acbe77284734438df3fbec1158e6429a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 19:15:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe()
A deadlock occurs in the audit subsystem when duplicating
executable-related rules.
When a file is moved (e.g., via do_renameat2()), the VFS layer locks
the parent directory (I_MUTEX_PARENT), which synchronously triggers an
fsnotify_move event. If an existing executable audit rule matches the
file being moved, the audit subsystem catches this event and calls
audit_dupe_exe() to duplicate the watch and update the rule. Then,
audit_alloc_mark() would call kern_path_parent() to resolve the path,
leading to a blind attempt to acquire the exact same I_MUTEX_PARENT lock
already held by the task, resulting in the following recursive locking
deadlock:
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0.x86_64+debug #1 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
mv/5099 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888132845358 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1){+.+.}-{3:3},
at: __kern_path_locked+0x10a/0x2f0
but task is already holding lock:
ffff888132846b58 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1){+.+.}-{3:3},
at: lock_two_directories+0x13f/0x2b0
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
----
lock(&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1);
lock(&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1);
*** DEADLOCK ***
May be due to missing lock nesting notation
6 locks held by mv/5099:
#0: ffff888112a9c440 (sb_writers#13)
at: do_renameat2+0x34c/0xbc0
#1: ffff888112a9c790 (&type->s_vfs_rename_key#3)
at: do_renameat2+0x415/0xbc0
#2: ffff888132846b58 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1)
at: lock_two_directories+0x13f/0x2b0
#3: ffff888132845358 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/5)
at: lock_two_directories+0x175/0x2b0
#4: ffffffffb3a1fb10 (&fsnotify_mark_srcu)
at: fsnotify+0x454/0x28a0
#5: ffffffffaf886230 (audit_filter_mutex)
at: audit_update_watch+0x36/0x11e0
stack backtrace:
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0
print_deadlock_bug.cold+0xbd/0xca
validate_chain+0x83a/0xf00
__lock_acquire+0xcac/0x1d20
lock_acquire.part.0+0x11b/0x360
down_write_nested+0x9f/0x230
__kern_path_locked+0x10a/0x2f0
kern_path_locked+0x26/0x40
audit_alloc_mark+0xfb/0x4f0
audit_dupe_exe+0x6c/0xe0
audit_dupe_rule+0x6c2/0xc00
audit_update_watch+0x4cc/0x11e0
audit_watch_handle_event+0x12c/0x1b0
send_to_group+0x5d0/0x8b0
fsnotify+0x615/0x28a0
fsnotify_move+0x1d8/0x630
vfs_rename+0xdcd/0x1df0
do_renameat2+0x9d4/0xbc0
__x64_sys_renameat+0x192/0x260
do_syscall_64+0x92/0x180
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7f0491fe8c4e
Code: 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 c1 e1 16 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff
c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 49 89 ca b8 08 01 00 00 0f 05 <48>
3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 0a c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 15 89
RSP: 002b:00007ffc7210bf38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000108
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f0491fe8c4e
RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 00007ffc7210e6c8 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 00005575eb2dae2a R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00005575eb2dae2a
R13: 00007ffc7210e6c8 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 00000000ffffff9c
</TASK>
The aforementioned deadlock can be consistently reproduced by running
the script below:
audit-dupe-exe-deadlock.sh
--------------------------
#!/bin/bash
auditctl -D
mkdir -p /tmp/foo
touch /tmp/file
auditctl -a always,exit -F exe=/tmp/file -F path=/tmp/file -S all -k dr
mv /tmp/file /tmp/foo/file
rm -Rf /tmp/foo
This patch fixes the issue by introducing struct audit_watch_ctx to pass
the fsnotify event context down to audit_alloc_mark(). By utilizing the
already-resolved directory inode provided by the event, we bypass the
kern_path_parent() path resolution entirely, safely avoiding the
recursive lock. Furthermore, it explicitly allows duplicate fsnotify
marks (allow_dups = 1) during the rename update, allowing the new rule's
mark to safely coexist with the old rule's mark until the old rule is
freed.
P.S.: This issue was identified and reproduced during a comprehensive
code coverage analysis of the audit subsystem. The full report is
available at the link below:
https://people.redhat.com/rrobaina/audit-code-coverage-analysis.pdf
P.P.S: With the permission of both Ricardo and Nathan, I've squashed a
fixup patch from Nathan that addresses a compile time error when
CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=n.
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 34d99af52ad4 ("audit: implement audit by executable")
Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
[PM: move link metadata into the msg, apply fix from NC]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index a5926c83e61b..92d5e723d570 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -256,8 +256,13 @@ extern int audit_del_rule(struct audit_entry *entry);
extern void audit_free_rule_rcu(struct rcu_head *head);
extern struct list_head audit_filter_list[];
-extern struct audit_entry *audit_dupe_rule(struct audit_krule *old);
+struct audit_watch_ctx {
+ struct inode *dir;
+ struct inode *child;
+};
+extern struct audit_entry *audit_dupe_rule(struct audit_krule *old,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx);
extern void audit_log_d_path_exe(struct audit_buffer *ab,
struct mm_struct *mm);
@@ -280,13 +285,15 @@ extern char *audit_watch_path(struct audit_watch *watch);
extern int audit_watch_compare(struct audit_watch *watch, u64 ino, dev_t dev);
extern struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule,
- char *pathname, int len);
+ char *pathname, int len,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx);
extern char *audit_mark_path(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark);
extern void audit_remove_mark(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark);
extern void audit_remove_mark_rule(struct audit_krule *krule);
extern int audit_mark_compare(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark, u64 ino,
dev_t dev);
-extern int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old);
+extern int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx);
extern int audit_exe_compare(struct task_struct *tsk,
struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark);
@@ -317,13 +324,13 @@ extern struct list_head *audit_killed_trees(void);
#define audit_watch_path(w) ""
#define audit_watch_compare(w, i, d) 0
-#define audit_alloc_mark(k, p, l) (ERR_PTR(-EINVAL))
+#define audit_alloc_mark(k, p, l, c) (ERR_PTR(-EINVAL))
#define audit_mark_path(m) ""
#define audit_remove_mark(m) do { } while (0)
#define audit_remove_mark_rule(k) do { } while (0)
#define audit_mark_compare(m, i, d) 0
#define audit_exe_compare(t, m) (-EINVAL)
-#define audit_dupe_exe(n, o) (-EINVAL)
+#define audit_dupe_exe(n, o, c) (-EINVAL)
#define audit_remove_tree_rule(rule) BUG()
#define audit_add_tree_rule(rule) -EINVAL
diff --git a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
index ae0e75403f76..fa33d57e4320 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
@@ -71,19 +71,30 @@ static void audit_update_mark(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark,
audit_mark->ino = inode ? inode->i_ino : AUDIT_INO_UNSET;
}
-struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule, char *pathname, int len)
+struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule, char *pathname,
+ int len, struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx)
{
struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark;
struct path path;
struct dentry *dentry;
- int ret;
+ struct inode *dir, *child;
+ int ret, allow_dups;
if (pathname[0] != '/' || pathname[len-1] == '/')
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- dentry = kern_path_parent(pathname, &path);
- if (IS_ERR(dentry))
- return ERR_CAST(dentry); /* returning an error */
+ if (!ctx) {
+ dentry = kern_path_parent(pathname, &path);
+ if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+ return ERR_CAST(dentry); /* returning an error */
+ dir = d_inode(path.dentry);
+ child = d_inode(dentry);
+ allow_dups = 0;
+ } else {
+ dir = ctx->dir;
+ child = ctx->child;
+ allow_dups = 1;
+ }
audit_mark = kzalloc_obj(*audit_mark);
if (unlikely(!audit_mark)) {
@@ -94,18 +105,21 @@ struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule, char *pa
fsnotify_init_mark(&audit_mark->mark, audit_fsnotify_group);
audit_mark->mark.mask = AUDIT_FS_EVENTS;
audit_mark->path = pathname;
- audit_update_mark(audit_mark, dentry->d_inode);
audit_mark->rule = krule;
- ret = fsnotify_add_inode_mark(&audit_mark->mark, path.dentry->d_inode, 0);
+ audit_update_mark(audit_mark, child);
+ ret = fsnotify_add_inode_mark(&audit_mark->mark, dir, allow_dups);
+
if (ret < 0) {
audit_mark->path = NULL;
fsnotify_put_mark(&audit_mark->mark);
audit_mark = ERR_PTR(ret);
}
out:
- dput(dentry);
- path_put(&path);
+ if (!ctx) {
+ dput(dentry);
+ path_put(&path);
+ }
return audit_mark;
}
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index c9fe64f73ffc..06dd0ebe73e2 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ static void audit_watch_log_rule_change(struct audit_krule *r, struct audit_watc
/* Update inode info in audit rules based on filesystem event. */
static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
const struct qstr *dname, dev_t dev,
- u64 ino, unsigned int invalidating)
+ u64 ino, unsigned int invalidating,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx)
{
struct audit_watch *owatch, *nwatch, *nextw;
struct audit_krule *r, *nextr;
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
list_del(&oentry->rule.rlist);
list_del_rcu(&oentry->list);
- nentry = audit_dupe_rule(&oentry->rule);
+ nentry = audit_dupe_rule(&oentry->rule, ctx);
if (IS_ERR(nentry)) {
list_del(&oentry->rule.list);
audit_panic("error updating watch, removing");
@@ -479,10 +480,17 @@ static int audit_watch_handle_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark, u32 mask,
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(inode_mark->group != audit_watch_group))
return 0;
- if (mask & (FS_CREATE|FS_MOVED_TO) && inode)
- audit_update_watch(parent, dname, inode->i_sb->s_dev, inode->i_ino, 0);
- else if (mask & (FS_DELETE|FS_MOVED_FROM))
- audit_update_watch(parent, dname, AUDIT_DEV_UNSET, AUDIT_INO_UNSET, 1);
+ if (mask & (FS_CREATE|FS_MOVED_TO) && inode) {
+ struct audit_watch_ctx ctx = { .dir = dir, .child = inode };
+
+ audit_update_watch(parent, dname, inode->i_sb->s_dev, inode->i_ino, 0,
+ &ctx);
+ } else if (mask & (FS_DELETE|FS_MOVED_FROM)) {
+ struct audit_watch_ctx ctx = { .dir = dir, .child = NULL };
+
+ audit_update_watch(parent, dname, AUDIT_DEV_UNSET, AUDIT_INO_UNSET, 1,
+ &ctx);
+ }
else if (mask & (FS_DELETE_SELF|FS_UNMOUNT|FS_MOVE_SELF))
audit_remove_parent_watches(parent);
@@ -505,7 +513,8 @@ static int __init audit_watch_init(void)
}
device_initcall(audit_watch_init);
-int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old)
+int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx)
{
struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark;
char *pathname;
@@ -514,7 +523,7 @@ int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old)
if (!pathname)
return -ENOMEM;
- audit_mark = audit_alloc_mark(new, pathname, strlen(pathname));
+ audit_mark = audit_alloc_mark(new, pathname, strlen(pathname), ctx);
if (IS_ERR(audit_mark)) {
kfree(pathname);
return PTR_ERR(audit_mark);
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index b97c97495807..4401119b5275 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ static struct audit_entry *audit_data_to_entry(struct audit_rule_data *data,
err = PTR_ERR(str);
goto exit_free;
}
- audit_mark = audit_alloc_mark(&entry->rule, str, f_val);
+ audit_mark = audit_alloc_mark(&entry->rule, str, f_val, NULL);
if (IS_ERR(audit_mark)) {
kfree(str);
err = PTR_ERR(audit_mark);
@@ -816,7 +816,8 @@ static inline int audit_dupe_lsm_field(struct audit_field *df,
* rule with the new rule in the filterlist, then free the old rule.
* The rlist element is undefined; list manipulations are handled apart from
* the initial copy. */
-struct audit_entry *audit_dupe_rule(struct audit_krule *old)
+struct audit_entry *audit_dupe_rule(struct audit_krule *old,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx)
{
u32 fcount = old->field_count;
struct audit_entry *entry;
@@ -875,7 +876,7 @@ struct audit_entry *audit_dupe_rule(struct audit_krule *old)
new->filterkey = fk;
break;
case AUDIT_EXE:
- err = audit_dupe_exe(new, old);
+ err = audit_dupe_exe(new, old, ctx);
break;
}
if (err) {
@@ -1414,7 +1415,7 @@ static int update_lsm_rule(struct audit_krule *r)
if (!security_audit_rule_known(r))
return 0;
- nentry = audit_dupe_rule(r);
+ nentry = audit_dupe_rule(r, NULL);
if (entry->rule.exe)
audit_remove_mark(entry->rule.exe);
if (IS_ERR(nentry)) {
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* [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] VFS/audit: introduce kern_path_parent() for audit
2026-07-16 11:37 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe()" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree gregkh
@ 2026-07-22 11:38 ` Sasha Levin
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/4] audit: widen ino fields to u64 Sasha Levin
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-07-22 11:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: NeilBrown, Christian Brauner, Sasha Levin
From: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
[ Upstream commit 76a53de6f7ff0641570364234fb4489f4d4fc8e9 ]
audit_alloc_mark() and audit_get_nd() both need to perform a path
lookup getting the parent dentry (which must exist) and the final
target (following a LAST_NORM name) which sometimes doesn't need to
exist.
They don't need the parent to be locked, but use kern_path_locked() or
kern_path_locked_negative() anyway. This is somewhat misleading to the
casual reader.
This patch introduces a more targeted function, kern_path_parent(),
which returns not holding locks. On success the "path" will
be set to the parent, which must be found, and the return value is the
dentry of the target, which might be negative.
This will clear the way to rename kern_path_locked() which is
otherwise only used to prepare for removing something.
It also allows us to remove kern_path_locked_negative(), which is
transformed into the new kern_path_parent().
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 81905b5acbe7 ("audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
fs/namei.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/namei.h | 1 +
kernel/audit.h | 4 ++--
kernel/audit_fsnotify.c | 9 +++------
kernel/audit_watch.c | 9 ++++++---
5 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 5cc5b3e9846284..6dec38e68ce3f3 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2575,6 +2575,49 @@ static struct dentry *__kern_path_locked(struct filename *name, struct path *pat
return d;
}
+/**
+ * kern_path_parent: lookup path returning parent and target
+ * @name: path name
+ * @path: path to store parent in
+ *
+ * The path @name should end with a normal component, not "." or ".." or "/".
+ * A lookup is performed and if successful the parent information
+ * is store in @parent and the dentry is returned.
+ *
+ * The dentry maybe negative, the parent will be positive.
+ *
+ * Returns: dentry or error.
+ */
+struct dentry *kern_path_parent(const char *name, struct path *path)
+{
+ struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
+ struct path parent_path;
+ struct dentry *d;
+ struct qstr last;
+ int type, error;
+
+ error = filename_parentat(AT_FDCWD, filename, 0, &parent_path, &last, &type);
+ if (error) {
+ d = ERR_PTR(error);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ if (unlikely(type != LAST_NORM)) {
+ path_put(&parent_path);
+ d = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ d = lookup_one_len_unlocked(last.name, parent_path.dentry, last.len);
+ if (IS_ERR(d)) {
+ path_put(&parent_path);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ *path = parent_path;
+out:
+ putname(filename);
+ return d;
+}
+
struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
{
struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
diff --git a/include/linux/namei.h b/include/linux/namei.h
index 53c03d9ed34c00..35e805c3be82e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ struct dentry *lookup_one_qstr_excl(const struct qstr *name,
struct dentry *base,
unsigned int flags);
extern int kern_path(const char *, unsigned, struct path *);
+struct dentry *kern_path_parent(const char *name, struct path *parent);
extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(int, const char *, struct path *, unsigned int);
extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, unsigned int);
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index b2ef4c0d3ec033..1b65283f306875 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ extern struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule,
extern char *audit_mark_path(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark);
extern void audit_remove_mark(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark);
extern void audit_remove_mark_rule(struct audit_krule *krule);
-extern int audit_mark_compare(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark,
- unsigned long ino, dev_t dev);
+extern int audit_mark_compare(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark, u64 ino,
+ dev_t dev);
extern int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old);
extern int audit_exe_compare(struct task_struct *tsk,
struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark);
diff --git a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
index c565fbf66ac876..2b237895157d6e 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ char *audit_mark_path(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark)
return mark->path;
}
-int audit_mark_compare(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark, unsigned long ino, dev_t dev)
+int audit_mark_compare(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark, u64 ino, dev_t dev)
{
if (mark->ino == AUDIT_INO_UNSET)
return 0;
@@ -76,17 +76,14 @@ struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule, char *pa
struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark;
struct path path;
struct dentry *dentry;
- struct inode *inode;
int ret;
if (pathname[0] != '/' || pathname[len-1] == '/')
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- dentry = kern_path_locked(pathname, &path);
+ dentry = kern_path_parent(pathname, &path);
if (IS_ERR(dentry))
return ERR_CAST(dentry); /* returning an error */
- inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
- inode_unlock(inode);
audit_mark = kzalloc(sizeof(*audit_mark), GFP_KERNEL);
if (unlikely(!audit_mark)) {
@@ -100,7 +97,7 @@ struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule, char *pa
audit_update_mark(audit_mark, dentry->d_inode);
audit_mark->rule = krule;
- ret = fsnotify_add_inode_mark(&audit_mark->mark, inode, 0);
+ ret = fsnotify_add_inode_mark(&audit_mark->mark, path.dentry->d_inode, 0);
if (ret < 0) {
audit_mark->path = NULL;
fsnotify_put_mark(&audit_mark->mark);
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index 5cf22fe301493f..d8c6c523ed70a8 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ static void audit_watch_log_rule_change(struct audit_krule *r, struct audit_watc
/* Update inode info in audit rules based on filesystem event. */
static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
const struct qstr *dname, dev_t dev,
- unsigned long ino, unsigned invalidating)
+ u64 ino, unsigned int invalidating)
{
struct audit_watch *owatch, *nwatch, *nextw;
struct audit_krule *r, *nextr;
@@ -346,15 +346,18 @@ static void audit_remove_parent_watches(struct audit_parent *parent)
/* Get path information necessary for adding watches. */
static int audit_get_nd(struct audit_watch *watch, struct path *parent)
{
- struct dentry *d = kern_path_locked(watch->path, parent);
+ struct dentry *d;
+
+ d = kern_path_parent(watch->path, parent);
if (IS_ERR(d))
return PTR_ERR(d);
+
if (d_is_positive(d)) {
/* update watch filter fields */
watch->dev = d->d_sb->s_dev;
watch->ino = d_backing_inode(d)->i_ino;
}
- inode_unlock(d_backing_inode(parent->dentry));
+
dput(d);
return 0;
}
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH 5.15.y 2/4] audit: widen ino fields to u64
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] VFS/audit: introduce kern_path_parent() for audit Sasha Levin
@ 2026-07-22 11:38 ` Sasha Levin
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 3/4] audit: use 'unsigned int' instead of 'unsigned' Sasha Levin
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 4/4] audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() Sasha Levin
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-07-22 11:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: Jeff Layton, Paul Moore, Christian Brauner, Sasha Levin
From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit 125dfa218134df7cc112667e92984de9d8cd0bf6 ]
inode->i_ino is being widened from unsigned long to u64. The audit
subsystem uses unsigned long ino in struct fields, function parameters,
and local variables that store inode numbers from arbitrary filesystems.
On 32-bit platforms this truncates inode numbers that exceed 32 bits,
which will cause incorrect audit log entries and broken watch/mark
comparisons.
Widen all audit ino fields, parameters, and locals to u64, and update
the inode format string from %lu to %llu to match.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260304-iino-u64-v3-2-2257ad83d372@kernel.org
Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: 81905b5acbe7 ("audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/audit.h | 2 +-
kernel/audit.h | 9 ++++-----
kernel/audit_fsnotify.c | 2 +-
kernel/audit_watch.c | 10 +++++-----
kernel/auditsc.c | 4 ++--
5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 82b7c1116a85c4..9abc128a0e0555 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
#include <uapi/linux/audit.h>
#include <uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h>
-#define AUDIT_INO_UNSET ((unsigned long)-1)
+#define AUDIT_INO_UNSET ((u64)-1)
#define AUDIT_DEV_UNSET ((dev_t)-1)
struct audit_sig_info {
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index 1b65283f306875..a8489492e80b93 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct audit_names {
int name_len; /* number of chars to log */
bool hidden; /* don't log this record */
- unsigned long ino;
+ u64 ino;
dev_t dev;
umode_t mode;
kuid_t uid;
@@ -212,9 +212,9 @@ extern int auditd_test_task(struct task_struct *task);
#define AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS 32
extern struct list_head audit_inode_hash[AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS];
-static inline int audit_hash_ino(u32 ino)
+static inline int audit_hash_ino(u64 ino)
{
- return (ino & (AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS-1));
+ return ((u32)ino & (AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS-1));
}
/* Indicates that audit should log the full pathname. */
@@ -266,8 +266,7 @@ extern int audit_to_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, char *path, int len,
extern int audit_add_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, struct list_head **list);
extern void audit_remove_watch_rule(struct audit_krule *krule);
extern char *audit_watch_path(struct audit_watch *watch);
-extern int audit_watch_compare(struct audit_watch *watch, unsigned long ino,
- dev_t dev);
+extern int audit_watch_compare(struct audit_watch *watch, u64 ino, dev_t dev);
extern struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule,
char *pathname, int len);
diff --git a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
index 2b237895157d6e..35753fb9029a29 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
*/
struct audit_fsnotify_mark {
dev_t dev; /* associated superblock device */
- unsigned long ino; /* associated inode number */
+ u64 ino; /* associated inode number */
char *path; /* insertion path */
struct fsnotify_mark mark; /* fsnotify mark on the inode */
struct audit_krule *rule;
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index d8c6c523ed70a8..ad91c190124e41 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct audit_watch {
refcount_t count; /* reference count */
dev_t dev; /* associated superblock device */
char *path; /* insertion path */
- unsigned long ino; /* associated inode number */
+ u64 ino; /* associated inode number */
struct audit_parent *parent; /* associated parent */
struct list_head wlist; /* entry in parent->watches list */
struct list_head rules; /* anchor for krule->rlist */
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ char *audit_watch_path(struct audit_watch *watch)
return watch->path;
}
-int audit_watch_compare(struct audit_watch *watch, unsigned long ino, dev_t dev)
+int audit_watch_compare(struct audit_watch *watch, u64 ino, dev_t dev)
{
return (watch->ino != AUDIT_INO_UNSET) &&
(watch->ino == ino) &&
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
list_del(&oentry->rule.list);
audit_panic("error updating watch, removing");
} else {
- int h = audit_hash_ino((u32)ino);
+ int h = audit_hash_ino(ino);
/*
* nentry->rule.watch == oentry->rule.watch so
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ int audit_add_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, struct list_head **list)
audit_add_to_parent(krule, parent);
- h = audit_hash_ino((u32)watch->ino);
+ h = audit_hash_ino(watch->ino);
*list = &audit_inode_hash[h];
error:
path_put(&parent_path);
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old)
int audit_exe_compare(struct task_struct *tsk, struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark)
{
struct file *exe_file;
- unsigned long ino;
+ u64 ino;
dev_t dev;
/* only do exe filtering if we are recording @current events/records */
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 2107b02c56ffb3..0063aa3f1d39f4 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ static void audit_filter_syscall(struct task_struct *tsk,
static int audit_filter_inode_name(struct task_struct *tsk,
struct audit_names *n,
struct audit_context *ctx) {
- int h = audit_hash_ino((u32)n->ino);
+ int h = audit_hash_ino(n->ino);
struct list_head *list = &audit_inode_hash[h];
struct audit_entry *e;
enum audit_state state;
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ static void audit_log_name(struct audit_context *context, struct audit_names *n,
audit_log_format(ab, " name=(null)");
if (n->ino != AUDIT_INO_UNSET)
- audit_log_format(ab, " inode=%lu dev=%02x:%02x mode=%#ho ouid=%u ogid=%u rdev=%02x:%02x",
+ audit_log_format(ab, " inode=%llu dev=%02x:%02x mode=%#ho ouid=%u ogid=%u rdev=%02x:%02x",
n->ino,
MAJOR(n->dev),
MINOR(n->dev),
--
2.53.0
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* [PATCH 5.15.y 3/4] audit: use 'unsigned int' instead of 'unsigned'
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] VFS/audit: introduce kern_path_parent() for audit Sasha Levin
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/4] audit: widen ino fields to u64 Sasha Levin
@ 2026-07-22 11:38 ` Sasha Levin
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 4/4] audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() Sasha Levin
2 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-07-22 11:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable; +Cc: Ricardo Robaina, Paul Moore, Sasha Levin
From: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
[ Upstream commit 8b226771014beab1292081151a99530886ce54b4 ]
Address checkpatch.pl warning below, across the audit subsystem:
WARNING: Prefer 'unsigned int' to bare use of 'unsigned'
Minor cleanup, no functional changes.
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Stable-dep-of: 81905b5acbe7 ("audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe()")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/audit.h | 16 ++++++++--------
kernel/audit.c | 2 +-
kernel/audit.h | 2 +-
kernel/audit_tree.c | 2 +-
kernel/auditfilter.c | 8 ++++----
kernel/auditsc.c | 2 +-
lib/compat_audit.c | 12 ++++++------
7 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 9abc128a0e0555..65182c7d737665 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -120,17 +120,17 @@ enum audit_nfcfgop {
extern int is_audit_feature_set(int which);
-extern int __init audit_register_class(int class, unsigned *list);
-extern int audit_classify_syscall(int abi, unsigned syscall);
+extern int __init audit_register_class(int class, unsigned int *list);
+extern int audit_classify_syscall(int abi, unsigned int syscall);
extern int audit_classify_arch(int arch);
/* only for compat system calls */
-extern unsigned compat_write_class[];
-extern unsigned compat_read_class[];
-extern unsigned compat_dir_class[];
-extern unsigned compat_chattr_class[];
-extern unsigned compat_signal_class[];
+extern unsigned int compat_write_class[];
+extern unsigned int compat_read_class[];
+extern unsigned int compat_dir_class[];
+extern unsigned int compat_chattr_class[];
+extern unsigned int compat_signal_class[];
-extern int audit_classify_compat_syscall(int abi, unsigned syscall);
+extern int audit_classify_compat_syscall(int abi, unsigned int syscall);
/* audit_names->type values */
#define AUDIT_TYPE_UNKNOWN 0 /* we don't know yet */
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 3e1c18a4110138..21c6dec716deb1 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1989,7 +1989,7 @@ static void audit_log_vformat(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *fmt,
* here and AUDIT_BUFSIZ is at least 1024, then we can
* log everything that printk could have logged. */
avail = audit_expand(ab,
- max_t(unsigned, AUDIT_BUFSIZ, 1+len-avail));
+ max_t(unsigned int, AUDIT_BUFSIZ, 1+len-avail));
if (!avail)
goto out_va_end;
len = vsnprintf(skb_tail_pointer(skb), avail, fmt, args2);
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index a8489492e80b93..554bbc5bf2a68e 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static inline int audit_hash_ino(u64 ino)
/* Indicates that audit should log the full pathname. */
#define AUDIT_NAME_FULL -1
-extern int audit_match_class(int class, unsigned syscall);
+extern int audit_match_class(int class, unsigned int syscall);
extern int audit_comparator(const u32 left, const u32 op, const u32 right);
extern int audit_uid_comparator(kuid_t left, u32 op, kuid_t right);
extern int audit_gid_comparator(kgid_t left, u32 op, kgid_t right);
diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index 18ab4575ae0094..2c21b4b1d763ac 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct audit_chunk {
struct node {
struct list_head list;
struct audit_tree *owner;
- unsigned index; /* index; upper bit indicates 'will prune' */
+ unsigned int index; /* index; upper bit indicates 'will prune' */
} owners[];
};
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index 9d0e63b64ef88d..d1d48085657b55 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -162,13 +162,13 @@ static inline int audit_to_inode(struct audit_krule *krule,
static __u32 *classes[AUDIT_SYSCALL_CLASSES];
-int __init audit_register_class(int class, unsigned *list)
+int __init audit_register_class(int class, unsigned int *list)
{
__u32 *p = kcalloc(AUDIT_BITMASK_SIZE, sizeof(__u32), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!p)
return -ENOMEM;
while (*list != ~0U) {
- unsigned n = *list++;
+ unsigned int n = *list++;
if (n >= AUDIT_BITMASK_SIZE * 32 - AUDIT_SYSCALL_CLASSES) {
kfree(p);
return -EINVAL;
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ int __init audit_register_class(int class, unsigned *list)
return 0;
}
-int audit_match_class(int class, unsigned syscall)
+int audit_match_class(int class, unsigned int syscall)
{
if (unlikely(syscall >= AUDIT_BITMASK_SIZE * 32))
return 0;
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static int audit_match_signal(struct audit_entry *entry)
/* Common user-space to kernel rule translation. */
static inline struct audit_entry *audit_to_entry_common(struct audit_rule_data *rule)
{
- unsigned listnr;
+ unsigned int listnr;
struct audit_entry *entry;
int i, err;
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 0063aa3f1d39f4..d351e9b71ced22 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static const struct audit_nfcfgop_tab audit_nfcfgs[] = {
static int audit_match_perm(struct audit_context *ctx, int mask)
{
- unsigned n;
+ unsigned int n;
if (unlikely(!ctx))
return 0;
diff --git a/lib/compat_audit.c b/lib/compat_audit.c
index 77eabad69b4a8f..fb4e86dc664c99 100644
--- a/lib/compat_audit.c
+++ b/lib/compat_audit.c
@@ -3,32 +3,32 @@
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <asm/unistd32.h>
-unsigned compat_dir_class[] = {
+unsigned int compat_dir_class[] = {
#include <asm-generic/audit_dir_write.h>
~0U
};
-unsigned compat_read_class[] = {
+unsigned int compat_read_class[] = {
#include <asm-generic/audit_read.h>
~0U
};
-unsigned compat_write_class[] = {
+unsigned int compat_write_class[] = {
#include <asm-generic/audit_write.h>
~0U
};
-unsigned compat_chattr_class[] = {
+unsigned int compat_chattr_class[] = {
#include <asm-generic/audit_change_attr.h>
~0U
};
-unsigned compat_signal_class[] = {
+unsigned int compat_signal_class[] = {
#include <asm-generic/audit_signal.h>
~0U
};
-int audit_classify_compat_syscall(int abi, unsigned syscall)
+int audit_classify_compat_syscall(int abi, unsigned int syscall)
{
switch (syscall) {
#ifdef __NR_open
--
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* [PATCH 5.15.y 4/4] audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe()
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 1/4] VFS/audit: introduce kern_path_parent() for audit Sasha Levin
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 2/4] audit: widen ino fields to u64 Sasha Levin
2026-07-22 11:38 ` [PATCH 5.15.y 3/4] audit: use 'unsigned int' instead of 'unsigned' Sasha Levin
@ 2026-07-22 11:38 ` Sasha Levin
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From: Sasha Levin @ 2026-07-22 11:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: stable
Cc: Ricardo Robaina, stable, Waiman Long, Richard Guy Briggs,
Nathan Chancellor, Paul Moore, Sasha Levin
From: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
[ Upstream commit 81905b5acbe77284734438df3fbec1158e6429a3 ]
A deadlock occurs in the audit subsystem when duplicating
executable-related rules.
When a file is moved (e.g., via do_renameat2()), the VFS layer locks
the parent directory (I_MUTEX_PARENT), which synchronously triggers an
fsnotify_move event. If an existing executable audit rule matches the
file being moved, the audit subsystem catches this event and calls
audit_dupe_exe() to duplicate the watch and update the rule. Then,
audit_alloc_mark() would call kern_path_parent() to resolve the path,
leading to a blind attempt to acquire the exact same I_MUTEX_PARENT lock
already held by the task, resulting in the following recursive locking
deadlock:
============================================
WARNING: possible recursive locking detected
6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0.x86_64+debug #1 Not tainted
--------------------------------------------
mv/5099 is trying to acquire lock:
ffff888132845358 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1){+.+.}-{3:3},
at: __kern_path_locked+0x10a/0x2f0
but task is already holding lock:
ffff888132846b58 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1){+.+.}-{3:3},
at: lock_two_directories+0x13f/0x2b0
other info that might help us debug this:
Possible unsafe locking scenario:
CPU0
----
lock(&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1);
lock(&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1);
*** DEADLOCK ***
May be due to missing lock nesting notation
6 locks held by mv/5099:
#0: ffff888112a9c440 (sb_writers#13)
at: do_renameat2+0x34c/0xbc0
#1: ffff888112a9c790 (&type->s_vfs_rename_key#3)
at: do_renameat2+0x415/0xbc0
#2: ffff888132846b58 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/1)
at: lock_two_directories+0x13f/0x2b0
#3: ffff888132845358 (&inode->i_sb->s_type->i_mutex_dir_key/5)
at: lock_two_directories+0x175/0x2b0
#4: ffffffffb3a1fb10 (&fsnotify_mark_srcu)
at: fsnotify+0x454/0x28a0
#5: ffffffffaf886230 (audit_filter_mutex)
at: audit_update_watch+0x36/0x11e0
stack backtrace:
Call Trace:
<TASK>
dump_stack_lvl+0x6f/0xb0
print_deadlock_bug.cold+0xbd/0xca
validate_chain+0x83a/0xf00
__lock_acquire+0xcac/0x1d20
lock_acquire.part.0+0x11b/0x360
down_write_nested+0x9f/0x230
__kern_path_locked+0x10a/0x2f0
kern_path_locked+0x26/0x40
audit_alloc_mark+0xfb/0x4f0
audit_dupe_exe+0x6c/0xe0
audit_dupe_rule+0x6c2/0xc00
audit_update_watch+0x4cc/0x11e0
audit_watch_handle_event+0x12c/0x1b0
send_to_group+0x5d0/0x8b0
fsnotify+0x615/0x28a0
fsnotify_move+0x1d8/0x630
vfs_rename+0xdcd/0x1df0
do_renameat2+0x9d4/0xbc0
__x64_sys_renameat+0x192/0x260
do_syscall_64+0x92/0x180
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
RIP: 0033:0x7f0491fe8c4e
Code: 0f 1f 40 00 48 8b 15 c1 e1 16 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff
c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 49 89 ca b8 08 01 00 00 0f 05 <48>
3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 0a c3 66 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 15 89
RSP: 002b:00007ffc7210bf38 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000108
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f0491fe8c4e
RDX: 0000000000000003 RSI: 00007ffc7210e6c8 RDI: 00000000ffffff9c
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 00005575eb2dae2a R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00005575eb2dae2a
R13: 00007ffc7210e6c8 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 00000000ffffff9c
</TASK>
The aforementioned deadlock can be consistently reproduced by running
the script below:
audit-dupe-exe-deadlock.sh
--------------------------
#!/bin/bash
auditctl -D
mkdir -p /tmp/foo
touch /tmp/file
auditctl -a always,exit -F exe=/tmp/file -F path=/tmp/file -S all -k dr
mv /tmp/file /tmp/foo/file
rm -Rf /tmp/foo
This patch fixes the issue by introducing struct audit_watch_ctx to pass
the fsnotify event context down to audit_alloc_mark(). By utilizing the
already-resolved directory inode provided by the event, we bypass the
kern_path_parent() path resolution entirely, safely avoiding the
recursive lock. Furthermore, it explicitly allows duplicate fsnotify
marks (allow_dups = 1) during the rename update, allowing the new rule's
mark to safely coexist with the old rule's mark until the old rule is
freed.
P.S.: This issue was identified and reproduced during a comprehensive
code coverage analysis of the audit subsystem. The full report is
available at the link below:
https://people.redhat.com/rrobaina/audit-code-coverage-analysis.pdf
P.P.S: With the permission of both Ricardo and Nathan, I've squashed a
fixup patch from Nathan that addresses a compile time error when
CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=n.
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Fixes: 34d99af52ad4 ("audit: implement audit by executable")
Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Ricardo Robaina <rrobaina@redhat.com>
[PM: move link metadata into the msg, apply fix from NC]
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
kernel/audit.h | 17 ++++++++++++-----
kernel/audit_fsnotify.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
kernel/audit_watch.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
kernel/auditfilter.c | 9 +++++----
4 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index 554bbc5bf2a68e..8cfa4482e371fe 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -245,8 +245,13 @@ extern int audit_del_rule(struct audit_entry *entry);
extern void audit_free_rule_rcu(struct rcu_head *head);
extern struct list_head audit_filter_list[];
-extern struct audit_entry *audit_dupe_rule(struct audit_krule *old);
+struct audit_watch_ctx {
+ struct inode *dir;
+ struct inode *child;
+};
+extern struct audit_entry *audit_dupe_rule(struct audit_krule *old,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx);
extern void audit_log_d_path_exe(struct audit_buffer *ab,
struct mm_struct *mm);
@@ -269,13 +274,15 @@ extern char *audit_watch_path(struct audit_watch *watch);
extern int audit_watch_compare(struct audit_watch *watch, u64 ino, dev_t dev);
extern struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule,
- char *pathname, int len);
+ char *pathname, int len,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx);
extern char *audit_mark_path(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark);
extern void audit_remove_mark(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark);
extern void audit_remove_mark_rule(struct audit_krule *krule);
extern int audit_mark_compare(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark, u64 ino,
dev_t dev);
-extern int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old);
+extern int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx);
extern int audit_exe_compare(struct task_struct *tsk,
struct audit_fsnotify_mark *mark);
@@ -306,13 +313,13 @@ extern struct list_head *audit_killed_trees(void);
#define audit_watch_path(w) ""
#define audit_watch_compare(w, i, d) 0
-#define audit_alloc_mark(k, p, l) (ERR_PTR(-EINVAL))
+#define audit_alloc_mark(k, p, l, c) (ERR_PTR(-EINVAL))
#define audit_mark_path(m) ""
#define audit_remove_mark(m) do { } while (0)
#define audit_remove_mark_rule(k) do { } while (0)
#define audit_mark_compare(m, i, d) 0
#define audit_exe_compare(t, m) (-EINVAL)
-#define audit_dupe_exe(n, o) (-EINVAL)
+#define audit_dupe_exe(n, o, c) (-EINVAL)
#define audit_remove_tree_rule(rule) BUG()
#define audit_add_tree_rule(rule) -EINVAL
diff --git a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
index 35753fb9029a29..e62066bf0b0afa 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_fsnotify.c
@@ -71,19 +71,30 @@ static void audit_update_mark(struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark,
audit_mark->ino = inode ? inode->i_ino : AUDIT_INO_UNSET;
}
-struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule, char *pathname, int len)
+struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule, char *pathname,
+ int len, struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx)
{
struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark;
struct path path;
struct dentry *dentry;
- int ret;
+ struct inode *dir, *child;
+ int ret, allow_dups;
if (pathname[0] != '/' || pathname[len-1] == '/')
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
- dentry = kern_path_parent(pathname, &path);
- if (IS_ERR(dentry))
- return ERR_CAST(dentry); /* returning an error */
+ if (!ctx) {
+ dentry = kern_path_parent(pathname, &path);
+ if (IS_ERR(dentry))
+ return ERR_CAST(dentry); /* returning an error */
+ dir = d_inode(path.dentry);
+ child = d_inode(dentry);
+ allow_dups = 0;
+ } else {
+ dir = ctx->dir;
+ child = ctx->child;
+ allow_dups = 1;
+ }
audit_mark = kzalloc(sizeof(*audit_mark), GFP_KERNEL);
if (unlikely(!audit_mark)) {
@@ -94,18 +105,21 @@ struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_alloc_mark(struct audit_krule *krule, char *pa
fsnotify_init_mark(&audit_mark->mark, audit_fsnotify_group);
audit_mark->mark.mask = AUDIT_FS_EVENTS;
audit_mark->path = pathname;
- audit_update_mark(audit_mark, dentry->d_inode);
audit_mark->rule = krule;
- ret = fsnotify_add_inode_mark(&audit_mark->mark, path.dentry->d_inode, 0);
+ audit_update_mark(audit_mark, child);
+ ret = fsnotify_add_inode_mark(&audit_mark->mark, dir, allow_dups);
+
if (ret < 0) {
audit_mark->path = NULL;
fsnotify_put_mark(&audit_mark->mark);
audit_mark = ERR_PTR(ret);
}
out:
- dput(dentry);
- path_put(&path);
+ if (!ctx) {
+ dput(dentry);
+ path_put(&path);
+ }
return audit_mark;
}
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index ad91c190124e41..c449c2af1fa03c 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ static void audit_watch_log_rule_change(struct audit_krule *r, struct audit_watc
/* Update inode info in audit rules based on filesystem event. */
static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
const struct qstr *dname, dev_t dev,
- u64 ino, unsigned int invalidating)
+ u64 ino, unsigned int invalidating,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx)
{
struct audit_watch *owatch, *nwatch, *nextw;
struct audit_krule *r, *nextr;
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ static void audit_update_watch(struct audit_parent *parent,
list_del(&oentry->rule.rlist);
list_del_rcu(&oentry->list);
- nentry = audit_dupe_rule(&oentry->rule);
+ nentry = audit_dupe_rule(&oentry->rule, ctx);
if (IS_ERR(nentry)) {
list_del(&oentry->rule.list);
audit_panic("error updating watch, removing");
@@ -478,10 +479,17 @@ static int audit_watch_handle_event(struct fsnotify_mark *inode_mark, u32 mask,
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(inode_mark->group != audit_watch_group))
return 0;
- if (mask & (FS_CREATE|FS_MOVED_TO) && inode)
- audit_update_watch(parent, dname, inode->i_sb->s_dev, inode->i_ino, 0);
- else if (mask & (FS_DELETE|FS_MOVED_FROM))
- audit_update_watch(parent, dname, AUDIT_DEV_UNSET, AUDIT_INO_UNSET, 1);
+ if (mask & (FS_CREATE|FS_MOVED_TO) && inode) {
+ struct audit_watch_ctx ctx = { .dir = dir, .child = inode };
+
+ audit_update_watch(parent, dname, inode->i_sb->s_dev, inode->i_ino, 0,
+ &ctx);
+ } else if (mask & (FS_DELETE|FS_MOVED_FROM)) {
+ struct audit_watch_ctx ctx = { .dir = dir, .child = NULL };
+
+ audit_update_watch(parent, dname, AUDIT_DEV_UNSET, AUDIT_INO_UNSET, 1,
+ &ctx);
+ }
else if (mask & (FS_DELETE_SELF|FS_UNMOUNT|FS_MOVE_SELF))
audit_remove_parent_watches(parent);
@@ -504,7 +512,8 @@ static int __init audit_watch_init(void)
}
device_initcall(audit_watch_init);
-int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old)
+int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx)
{
struct audit_fsnotify_mark *audit_mark;
char *pathname;
@@ -513,7 +522,7 @@ int audit_dupe_exe(struct audit_krule *new, struct audit_krule *old)
if (!pathname)
return -ENOMEM;
- audit_mark = audit_alloc_mark(new, pathname, strlen(pathname));
+ audit_mark = audit_alloc_mark(new, pathname, strlen(pathname), ctx);
if (IS_ERR(audit_mark)) {
kfree(pathname);
return PTR_ERR(audit_mark);
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index d1d48085657b55..73c1d5f0fae147 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static struct audit_entry *audit_data_to_entry(struct audit_rule_data *data,
err = PTR_ERR(str);
goto exit_free;
}
- audit_mark = audit_alloc_mark(&entry->rule, str, f_val);
+ audit_mark = audit_alloc_mark(&entry->rule, str, f_val, NULL);
if (IS_ERR(audit_mark)) {
kfree(str);
err = PTR_ERR(audit_mark);
@@ -809,7 +809,8 @@ static inline int audit_dupe_lsm_field(struct audit_field *df,
* rule with the new rule in the filterlist, then free the old rule.
* The rlist element is undefined; list manipulations are handled apart from
* the initial copy. */
-struct audit_entry *audit_dupe_rule(struct audit_krule *old)
+struct audit_entry *audit_dupe_rule(struct audit_krule *old,
+ struct audit_watch_ctx *ctx)
{
u32 fcount = old->field_count;
struct audit_entry *entry;
@@ -868,7 +869,7 @@ struct audit_entry *audit_dupe_rule(struct audit_krule *old)
new->filterkey = fk;
break;
case AUDIT_EXE:
- err = audit_dupe_exe(new, old);
+ err = audit_dupe_exe(new, old, ctx);
break;
}
if (err) {
@@ -1399,7 +1400,7 @@ static int update_lsm_rule(struct audit_krule *r)
if (!security_audit_rule_known(r))
return 0;
- nentry = audit_dupe_rule(r);
+ nentry = audit_dupe_rule(r, NULL);
if (entry->rule.exe)
audit_remove_mark(entry->rule.exe);
if (IS_ERR(nentry)) {
--
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